Tag Archives: Leonie Rysanek

For many from the record-buying open public, their impression of German dramatic tenor Hans Hopf was formed upon viewing the wretched photograph that was displayed over the cover of his 1960 EMI saving of Tannhäuser. Showing up bloated and dim-witted, the tenor was sorely misrepresented with a portrait which should …

While most widely known on her behalf Wagner and Strauss, soprano Leonie Rysanek was also significantly admired in the dramatic Verdi tasks, specifically Lady Macbeth. She got a rich, complete tone of voice that could lower through weighty orchestration, but was also with the capacity of good piano performing. Her …